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Homosexuality in
the Light of Islam
"Morality in
Islam"
The
aim of natural sexuality is procreation. Lawful and natural sexual
relations between man and woman has been designed by Allah to preserve
the human race here on earth. Homosexuality is negatory of the natural
role and aim of sexual activity.
The
experts on homosexuality and other forms of sexual deviation advance a
series of groundless assumptions in their discussion on the causes of
such unnatural sexuality. They attribute it to hereditary taints,
genetic causes, environmental influences, animal instincts in man,
etc. In certain cases, e.g. ‘transiet homosexuality’ where men are
separated from women such as prisons, same sex institutions, etc. they
argue that the criminal’s blame will be considered as diminished in
view of his circumstances.
Islam
does not accept any type of justification for the unnatural sin of
homosexuality regardless of any biological, psychological or
environmental factors which may influence a man to indulge in this
type of grossly unnatural immorality. This should not be interpreted
to mean that Islam does not recognize the reality or validity of the
existence of the various factors which influence man to commit
homosexuality. However, the presence of any destructive influences
which lead man towards this unnatural and bestial act of immorality
does not constitute a valid excuse for indulgence in acts of deviation
and inhumanity. Just as fornication, rape and other criminal acts of
immorality cannot be condoned because of biological, psychological,
environmental, factors, etc, which may be the causes which occasion
the crime, so too, can these factors not be cited in favour of
diminished blame for the act of homosexuality. In spite of the
existence of the factors (described as causes) of adultery, human
culture does not permit man and woman to indulge in this crime
notwithstanding the naturalness of heterosexuality. They are required
to restrain themselves and behave within the bounds of chastity and
morality.
In
like manner man is required to exercise restraint and overcome his
emotional, biological demands, etc. and manage the disturbances within
him. He, as a member of the highest species of Allah's creation, is
under moral obligation to control the dictates of his lust - whether
such lust directs him towards unnatural or natural avenues - and
refrain from smearing his soul and intellect in such loathsome
indulgence.
Modern
studies and the many consequent theories regarding the crime of
homosexuality lend to convey a blurred conception of the Biological
disturbances as well as some environmental factors are even tendered
as mitigating circumstances to reduce the stigma and the blame from
the homosexual. This idea has made homosexuals daring and revengeful
of their unnatural crimes. They have come to regard their misdirected
lust as morally acceptable. They, as well as the 'experts' who have
undertaken research in homosexuality, have deceived themselves into
believing in the idea of diminished, blame and moral acceptance, of
this unnatural act. As long as man's intelligence is not inflicted
with insanity, he is held responsible for his actions and he is
Islamically under compulsion to restrain his perverted cravings so
that he does not descend into a sub-human level of existence.
Man's
gratification of his sexual appetite with another man has a long
history of its own. The Qur'an bears testimony to the fact that the
people of the prophet Lut ('Alayhis salaam), the nephew of Ibrahim
('Alayhis salaam), sent as a warning to the people of Sodom and
Gomorrah, were those who initiated this heinous practice. Before them
it was unknown. In this connection the Qur'an mentions:
"We
also sent Lut. He said to his people, 'Do you commit indecency such as
no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For you practise
your lusts on men in preference to women; you are indeed a people
transgressing beyond bounds."
These
Sodomites even indulged in their homosexual orgies publicly. Their
wickedness had attained the level where the mere sight of a handsome
young man made them so agitated that they pounced upon him as famished
people would fall on food. Even honoured guests did not enjoy immunity
or any privileged position. They did not hesitate in even resorting to
violence in achieving their lustful object.
The
Qur'aan has depicted the scene when the angels of punishment Lut
(Alayhis salaam) as his guests in the guise of handsome young men.
Hadrat Lut (Alayhis salaam) did not recognized them in the first
instance. But he knew the shameless habit of his people. He was
extremely distressed and he apprehended that his people would
certainly demand unnatural and shameful sexual activity. His
apprehension was correct. They could not sit silently at the news of
such "boys" of excellent beauty. These sodomites recklessly
rushed to the home of Lut (Alayhis salaam) to gratify their unnatural
desires. Lut (Alayhis salaam) found himself in a difficult situation.
He prompted them to legally satisfy their sexual appetite with women
even offering his daughter in lawful marriage to the most gentle of
them, and not insisting on this unnatural outlet. Then he very
effectively appealed to them, in the name of Almighty, that they
should abstain from disgracing him by dishonouring his guests.
The
Qur'an states:
"And
his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the
habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are
my daughters: they ore purer for you (if you marry)! Now fear Allah,
and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a
right-handed man?"
But
the accursed people inflamed with evil passions turned a deaf ear to
all his reasoning with them. They had lost all sense of morality and
were blind in their voluptuous sentiments. On this occasion they even
taunted him for his frequent protests in the past against their sins.
Hadrat Lut (Alayhis salaam) seemed helpless in the situation in which
he found himself, - alone against a rabble of people inflamed with
lustful passions. He wished he had the strength to suppress them
himself or had some powerful support to lean on! But the powerful
support was there, though he had not realized it till then. It was the
support of the Almighty. His guests were not ordinary men, but Angels
who had come to test the people before they inflicted punishment. They
now declared themselves and gave him directions to get away before the
morning, when the punishment would descend on the doomed cities. Even
in Lut's (Alayhis salaam) household was one, i.e. his wife, who
detracted from the harmony of the family. She lagged behind and looked
back, i.e. one whose mental and moral attitude, in spite of
association with the righteous was to hark back to the glitter of
wickedness and sin. Finally, the wrath of Almighty descended upon
them, their cities were turned upside down and showers of stone rained
on them. Regarding this the Qur'aan mentions:
"Then
when Our decree came to pass. We turned the cities upside down, and We
rained thereon stones of baked clay, piled up."
The
punishment of turning upside down given to this people resembles
outwardly their shameless deed of homosexuality. The shower of stone
was very thick so as to form layers. It is also said that the name of
each man was written or engraved on those stones which were the cause
of their annihilation. The inversion of cities by way of punishment
was the task which was assigned to Jibraaell (Alayhis salaam).
Homosexuality is also a form of sexual inversion, hence the type of
punishment was most befitting in that it also symbolized their
unnatural acts of immorality. Showers of stones (not hail-stones, but
real stones) are not a normal occurrence. So too, the punuhment of the
inversion of the cities (was quite rightly justified). Thus, unnatural
forms of punishment were prescribed by Allah for the unnatural sins of
the homosexual community.
The
community of Lut (Alayhis salaam) was a prosperous nation materially
and they inhabited five cities: Sodom, Gamurah, Udmah, Laboobem and
Sughar. The Qur’aan refers collectively to these five cities with
the term Mu’tafikaat (the inverted cities). The cities are so
designated because of the perverted crimes of sexual inversion of
their inhabitants and because they were physically inverted and
eliminated by the command of Allah.
Before
the people of Sodom, never did this evil even enter the mind of
mankind, let alone practicing it. The Umayyad Khalifah "Abdul
Malik said that if this episode of the homosexuals was not mentioned
in the Qur'an, he would not have conceded the reality of this crime
since it was unthinkable that man will descend to such a degenerate
level and debase himself in a type of act which is not indulged in by
even the overwhelming majority of lowly beasts.'
Nevertheless,
even after the community to which prophet Lut (Alayhis salaam) was
sent as cautioner, met their catastrophic end, sodomy continued and
even sometimes flourished. It is now known that homosexuality existed
before the pre-Christian era among the so-called 'civihilised' nations
of the world especially the Greeks and Romans. It was not only
confined to common masses, but even legendary and prominent figures
such as Socrates, Aristotle, Julius Caesar and many others practiced
it. [Miftahi]
In
thirteenth century France, homosexuality was the great craze of the
day and the government of the country had to enact a law that those
found of guilty of this unnatural crime will be put to death. And
Germany was not far behind in the pursuit of this craze. Before Nazi
Germany there was a famous person, Dr Magnus Herschefield, (who had
been the president of the society for the Reformation of Sexual
behaviour), who launched powerful propaganda in favour of sodomy for
six years. Finally ‘democracy’ acceded to this demand and the
strictly forbidden became approved. It was decided by majority vote
that homosexuality among the males was no longer an offence provided
it was indulged in with mutual consent of the parties involved and in
case of the object of the unnatural love being a minor, his guardian
had to give his consent. In the Orient, Iran has been notorious and
Persian poetry amply supports it. Karachi has also been named in this
regard. It is said there were three centres there, where eunuchs
carried on that unnatural business. Afghanistan (then under Communist
influence) has also been mentioned. India, too, is not so clean in her
records in this field, although the common people are involved in it
to a limited extent. It is the educated and the sophisticated people
who take to it as a diversion. The educational institutions, schools,
colleges and centres of oriental studies too are not free from this
curse.
Islam
strictly forbade this detestable deed and prescribed the severed
punishment, relenting not in the least in making it a deterrent. The
Qur'aan cautions that once people take to homosexuality, they sink to
the depths of moral degradation. The admonitory punishment meted out
to these transgressors was described in such a moving way that those
reciting the Qur'an may learn the harsh consequences of this evil, and
may protect themselves from this outrageous crime. To deter the
Muslims from evil, the Qur’aan initially declared to those
participating in this perversion:
"If
two men among you are guilty of indecency, punish them both."
Once
Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) expressed his
anticipated fear by stating that among the evils that his ummah can
take to, he feared sodomy most. In fact, this was a forewarning
measure that the ummah may guard against, realizing that the Prophet
himself had forbidden it. On one occasion, the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi
Wasallam) declared:
"Whoever
gratifies his sexual urge with another [individual] of his own sex,
the Almighty will not so much as look at him."
Undoubtedly,
sodomy is one of the most repulsive acts, even observed among beasts.
Therefore, the sight of a homosexual will be so disgusting to Allah
that it will intensify His anger to heights where He will not even
consider glancing at a sodomist. Through this act, man degrades his
humanity and announces extermination as his policy. Moreover, it
implies wretchedness and misery of the womenfolk and he himself is
prone to so many diseases: the basic organs of his body, brain, heart,
liver and kidneys become deficiently immune (AIDS), his face lacks the
sparkle of health and he looks off-colour and melancholy, with the
result that such an incapacitated criminal becomes worthless to women.
This wretched outcast deprives himself of the bounty of procreation
and the priceless jewel of morality.
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